The PEN Pod: On Spyware Scandals, Olympic Protests, and Tackling Disinformation
“We have said a number of times in a number of contexts that athletes don’t lose their right to free expression when they put on their uniform.” More
The PEN Pod: Diving into the Pegasus Leak with Matt Bailey
“How do we ever get to a place where we feel sure that we have privacy and security of our data on our phones, of our conversations?” More
Protecting Your Devices—and Your Privacy—During Protests
At protests, any devices you bring are susceptible to damage, loss, or surveillance. Here are some steps you can take to protect yourself and others. More
The PEN Pod: Tough Questions with Suzanne Nossel
“This [question of surveillance] is something we, as a free expression organization, have concerns with.” More
DARE: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates through a Secret Database
Leaked documents show the U.S. authorities tracking journalists, lawyers, and immigration advocates at the U.S.-Mexico border. A Florida sixth-grader... More
DARE: Trump Wants the Networks to Carry His Speech Live. They Should Look at These Charts of His Lies.
President Trump prepares to make a speech this evening about the southern U.S. border, a subject on which his falsehoods and dishonesty have escalated... More
DARE: AP, NBC News Tweet Trump Nonsense, Pay Price
Major news organizations come under significant criticism for context-free tweets repeating President Trump’s disputable assertion that new Mueller inves... More
DARE: Pentagon Wants to Predict Anti-Trump Protests Using Social Media Surveillance
Investigation finds that the Pentagon is accelerating efforts to predict and preempt anti-Trump and anti-government protests using social media surveilla... More
DARE: YouTube shooting: Female suspect ‘angry over video postings’
Person who opened fire at YouTube headquarters reported to have believed video site was censoring her. President Trump, who has not held a solo news conference since February 2017,… More
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Entertainment Weekly (@EW) asked LGBTQ authors to pick books by other queer authors that bring them joy. https://ew.com/books/lgbtq-books-queer-joy-celebrating-art/
What are the 25 most influential New York novels published between 1921 and 2021? @nytimes judges share their top picks, including PEN America president @ayadakhtar’s HOMELAND ELEGIES! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/t-magazine/new-york-city-novels-books.html
Is it true that since K-12 teachers don’t have free speech rights in the classroom, educational gag orders don’t raise any Constitutional concerns? Here are 5 popular myths about educational gag orders debunked by PEN America: https://bit.ly/3n9QviZ.
